F-4 Phantom in UK service
Ppruners...
following on from the Buccs and Black Buck thread, which ended up straying into F-4 territory, i'd be grateful if you could educate me.
in the above thread it was very clear that by 1982 the UK F-4 fleet, both K and M, were air defence interceptors and air defence interceptors only - so, my question is, how (why?) did the F-4's that were delivered in the 60's and 70's as true swing role capable fighter bombers and which were established in that role, with the original RAF FGR2's being specifically roled for CAS, interdiction and strike, turn into aircraft that thirteen years later were unable to drop a single bomb or fire a single rocket?
cheers.